Ackerman Boat Company was a wooden
shipbuilding company in
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island, Newport ...
. Ackerman Boat Company built small barges in Newport Harbor working with Star D Iron Works, in Santa Ana. To support the
World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company
shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...
switched over to military construction and built:
US Army Harbor
Tugboats and
US Navy Landing Craft Mechanized
The landing craft mechanized (LCM) is a landing craft designed for carrying vehicles. They came to prominence during the Second World War when they were used to land troops or tanks during Allied amphibious assaults.
Variants
There was no ...
Model LCM Mark 3. Clarence Ackerman started the Ackerman Boat Company was in 1943. Ackerman Boat Company worked with
Consolidated Steel
Consolidated Steel Corporation (formed 18 December 1928) was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas. It was created in 1929 by the merg ...
's Wilmington shipyard to build the Tugboat and Landing Craft. Near the end of the war, Ackerman sold the yard to Consolidated Steel but purchased it back in 1947. Ackerman sold the shipyard in 1958. The shipyard was at 151 Shipyard Way, Newport Beach on the
Lido Peninsula at the corner of Rhine Place. The current site has been the Newport Harbor Shipyard since 1981, which repairs and restoration of yachts.
Notable ships
* Four HDML, Harbour Defence Motor Launch, Motor Launch that had a displacement of 46 tons, a length of 72-feet, crew of 10 men. Armed with one
3 or 4-pounder gun and four
.303 AA guns. Had a top speed of 11 knots with a Diesel engine with 300 to 480 HP.
* Small US Army MTL Harbor Tugboats, 14 model 324-A with a length of 47 feet, a beam of 12 feet. MTL is for Motor Towing Launch.
* Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 3, LCM (3) with a displacement of 52 tons full, 23 tons light. LCM Mark 3 are a length of , a beam of , a draft of (forward); (aft). LCM(3) as a top speed of full and lite. Armed with two .50-cal
M2 Browning machine gun
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, w ...
s, manned by a crew of 4. The cargo hold has a max capacity of one 30-ton tank (e.g.
M4 Sherman) or 60 troops, or of cargo.
* US Army TP
Harbor Tug
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...
with displacement 185 tons gross, a length of 96 feet, a beam 25 feet, a draft of 11 feet, Power one
Fairbanks–Morse six cylinder diesel engine to a single propeller with 450 shp. The TP
Hull classification symbol is for "Tug/Passenger". The US Army had 43 of this 96-foot tugs built for World War 2, Ackerman Boat Company built 15 of them.
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Ackerman Boat Company
Ackerman Boat Company boats built in 1943 and 1944:
Consolidated Steel
Consolidated Steel boats with Consolidated Steel hull #, built in 1945 and 1946:
Ackerman Boat Company
Ackerman Boat Company built from 1944 to 1957:
See also
* California during World War II
* Maritime history of California
*Peyton Company
The Peyton Company, also called Peyton Marine Service and Supplies, was a wooden shipbuilding and dry dock company in Newport Beach, California.
The shipyard was started by J. W. Peyton (1875-?), born in Texas, and his wife Anabel Peyton (188 ...
*South Coast Shipyard
South Coast Shipyard was a shipbuilding company in Newport, California. To support the World War II demand for ships South Coast Shipyard built: minesweepers, Torpedo Boats, Submarine chasers, & Air-sea rescue boats. South Coast Shipyard was op ...
*Victory Shipbuilding
Victory Shipbuilding was the name of two shipbuilding companies that built vessels during World War 2.
The first was the Victory Shipbuilding Company, of Holland, Michigan, and the second was the Victory Shipbuilding Corporation, of Newport Beac ...
* Wooden boats of World War 2
Splinter fleet or Splinter navy was a nickname given to the United States wooden boats used in World War II. The boats served in many different roles during the war. These boats were built in small boatyards on the West coast and East coast, ...
References
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American Theater of World War II
1940s in California
American boat builders